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43 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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Man who set sail from Spain and made a series of trips to the New World.
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The chief of the Indians of Hispaniola?
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Guacanagari
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Control over Indian Labor or the right to have a certain number of American Indians for them?
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Encomienda
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Tanio
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The American Indians Columbus encountered while he was in the Bahamas.
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Viceroy
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governor
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Man who lived on Cuba giving religious instruction to the Indians? He urged the Spaniards to treat the Indians humanely.
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Bartolome de la Casas
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To prevent a conflict, leaders of Spain and Portugal signed a new agreement in 1494 know as the?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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In 1513, this man explored the area known as Panama?
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Ferdinand Magellan
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A portuguese mariner who believed that by sailing west he could find a water passageway around the Americas.
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Man who led a failed attempt to colonize The Gulf of Mexico for Spain. His ship capsized and him and his men who survived traveled through the Present day South of the U.S.?
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
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Spanish conquerors?
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Conquistadores
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Hernan Cortes
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Man who conquered the Aztecs and controlled most of Central Mexico.
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Circumnavigate
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To completely sail around the world.
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Malintzin
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A young Aztec princess that was a valuable interpreter and adviser to Hernan Cortes.
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Moctezuma 2
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The ruler of the Aztecs.
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Francisco Pizarro
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A Spanish soldier and treasure hunter who was sent to conquer the Inca.
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Circumnavigate
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To completely sail around the world.
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Malintzin
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A young Aztec princess that was a valuable interpreter and adviser to Hernan Cortes.
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Moctezuma 2
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The ruler of the Aztecs.
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Francisco Pizarro
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A Spanish soldier and treasure hunter who was sent to conquer the Inca.
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This man lead a successful attempt in 1565 of securing a permanent settlement in Florida?
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles
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Juan de Onate
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He established the 1st Spanish settlement in New Mexico in 1598.
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Pueblo prophet?
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Pope
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Pueblo Revolt
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In 1680 when the Pueblo drove the Spanish out of Sante Fe.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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Man who explored much of the California coastline for Spain.
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Missionary who came to California and founded a mission at San Diego and 8 more along the Pacific Coast?
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Junipero Serra
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Large Provinces?
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Viceroyroyalties
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Peons?
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Landless labors most of which were American Indians.
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Juana Ines de la Cruz
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Spanish women who became well educated despite it being hard for women to get an education.
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John Cabot
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Man who joined the search for a route of Asia?
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A passage from Europe that went thru North America using a river or channel thru the continent?
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Northwest Passage
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Protestant Reformation
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The rise and protest against the Roman Catholic Church. And the creation of the Protestant Church.
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Priest who protested against the corruption of the Roman Catholic church?
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Martin Luther
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Francis Drake
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Drake ventured from England with a fleet of swift, heavily armed vessels on a voyage of exploration and piracy.
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Spanish Armada
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A massive fleet of ships and soldiers that were sent to invade England in revenge for attacking Spanish ships caring treasure back to Spain.
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An increase in prices?
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Inflation
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Walter Raleigh
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Explored the Atlantic seaboard for a suitable site to colonize. He named the area Virginia after Queen Elizabeth.
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Charter in 1606
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Charter that licensed the Plymouth Company and the London Company to organize settlements in Virginia.
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John Smith
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An adventurous explorer, mapmaker, and soldier. Who was elected to be president of the council of settlers in Jamestown.
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Powhatan
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American Indians who helped the settlers of Jamestown. They taught them how to cultivate corn and fish.
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Wahunsonacock
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Leader of the Powhatan.
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Pocahontas
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Daughter of Wahunsonacock who gave invaluable help to the English colonists.
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Indentured Servant
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Person who was bound for a period years to the person who paid his or her way to America.
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